Improvement in bale-ties



T. M. MGNEELY.

Bale-Tie.

Patented, Feb. 4, 1879.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASNXNGTON 0 C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFTon.

THOMAS M. MCNEELY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. $212,033. datedFebruary 4, 187i); application filed January 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THouAs M. M'ONEELY, of the city of Washington,District of Oolumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a combination of straps or bands of suitablematerial and hollow met-al blocks or collars, arranged or combined insuch a manner as to constitute afastening or tie for use in securingbales and packages of cotton and other merchandise, and is fully setforth in the following description.

The device consists of two metal blocks or collars, each having awedge-shaped hollow through it, in rcombination with the enlargedthickened bent or doubled ends of the strap or band.

To make the combination for which I ask Letters Patent, one end of thestrap or band is passed through the larger opening` of the hollow in oneof the collars and the smaller opening of the hollow in the othercollar,and after having been drawn through both a Sudicient distance isenlarged or thickened, so as to prevent it from slipping back throughand out of the collars, but so as to permit it to enter and t tightly inthe wedge-shaped hollow of one of the collars. This thickening orenlarging may be done by simply bending or doubling it upon itself onceor more, as may be necessary. The other end of the band,

l after having been passed around the package or bale, is passed throughboth collars in a similar manner, but in the opposite direction, and isthen thickened or enlarged in the same manner as the first end, thusforming a secure and certain fastening or tie.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure l is a perspective of a deviceembodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of one of the blocks or collars withthe wedgeshaped hollow. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same collar,showing lmore plainly the Wedge form or shape of the hollow 5 and Fig. 4is a longitudinal section of both collars with their smaller ends drawnclosely together, showin g the shape or form of the double hollow wedgeresulting from my combination, as v described.

The letters A A A indicate the strap THOMAS M. MCNEELY. Y

Witnesses:

L. DANFORD, J. A. MAOAULEY.

or band; B B, the thickened ends of the band,

